Open Access<p>Extent and Factors Associated with Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment During Acute and Continuation Phase Depression Treatment Among Older Adults with Dementia and Major Depressive Disorder</p>
Author(s) -
Sandipan Bhattacharjee,
Jeannie K. Lee,
Nina Vadiei,
Asad E. Patanwala,
Daniel C. Malone,
Shan M. Knapp,
WeiHsuan LoCiganic,
William J. Burke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s241749
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , depression (economics) , antidepressant , major depressive disorder , logistic regression , psychiatry , cohort , continuation , cognition , anxiety , disease , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Little is known about adherence to antidepressant treatment during acute and continuation phase of depression among older adults with dementia and newly diagnosed major depressive disorders (MDD). This study estimated the extent of and factors associated with adherence to acute and continuation phase antidepressant treatment among older adults with dementia and newly diagnosed MDD.